sodium bicarbonate

English

Noun

sodium bicarbonate (countable and uncountable, plural sodium bicarbonates)

1. (chemistry) A salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid, NaHCO₃.
2. This salt used in cooking as a raising agent, as an antacid, a cleaner, etc.

Synonyms

• bicarbonate of soda
• baking soda
• bread soda
• E500 when used as an acidity regulator or raising agent
• sodium hydrogen carbonate

Translations

salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 碳酸氫鈉／碳酸氢钠 (zh) (tànsuānqīngnà), 碳酸氢钠 (zh) (tànsuānqīngnà)

• Czech: jedlá soda f
• Finnish: natriumvetykarbonaatti (fi), natriumbikarbonaatti (fi)
• French: bicarbonate de soude (fr) m
• German: Natriumbicarbonat n, Natriumbikarbonat, Natriumhydrogencarbonat (de) n, Natriumhydrogenkarbonat (de) n
• Greek: διττανθρακικό νάτριο (el) n (dittanthrakikó nátrio)
• Hungarian: szódabikarbóna (hu), nátrium-hidrogén-karbonát
• Irish: décharbónáit sóidiam f
• Italian: bicarbonato di sodio (it) m
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• Japanese: 炭酸水素ナトリウム (tansan suiso natoriumu), 重炭酸ソーダ (jū tansan sōda), 重炭酸曹達 (jū tansan sōda)
• Malay: natrium hidrogen karbonat, sodium bikarbonat, soda penaik
• Maori: konutai pākawa warorua
• Portuguese: bicarbonato de sódio m
• Romanian: bicarbonat de sodiu (ro) m
• Russian: бикарбона́т на́трия m (bikarbonát nátrija)
• Sanskrit: विक्षार-द्व्यङ्गारीय (vikshaar dvyangaareeya)
• Spanish: bicarbonato de sodio (es) m
• Swedish: natriumvätekarbonat (sv) n
• Tagalog: sodyum dalkarbonat
• Thai: โซเดียมไบคาร์บอเนต (th)

used as a raising agent

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小蘇打／小苏打 (zh) (xiǎosūdá), 小苏打 (zh) (xiǎosūdá)

• Finnish: ruokasooda (fi) (general); leivinjauhe (fi) (raising agent)
• French: bicarbonate (fr) m
• German: Natron (de) n
• Italian: bicarbonato (it) m
• Japanese: 重曹 (ja) (jūsō)
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• Malay: natrium hidrogen karbonat, sodium bikarbonat, soda penaik
• Norman: bicarbonate m
• Portuguese: bicarbonato de sódio m
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: bicarbonato de sodio (es) m
• Swedish: bikarbonat (sv) n, bakpulver (sv) n

See also

• soda bread
• yeast

Further reading

• sodium bicarbonate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia